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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



two flat edges, but it can be done with the 

 V-edge frames. These can be crowded to- 

 gether, and proper spacing result— hardly so 

 with the square-edge frames. This difficulty 

 is only increased with the thicker end-bars, 

 which give more surface to the edges. On 

 the other hand, the thick end-bars with the 

 wider edge are a decided improvement in 

 the V-edge Hoffman frame. Nail these up 

 right, and keep them crowded together in 

 the hive, which can be done with them, and 

 I can not see any serious faults of such a 

 frame. 



heavily blanketed with snow. Every thing 

 looks favorable for a crop of honey in the 

 East. The conditions in California are still 

 favorable, and the bee-keepers are jubilant. 



The cold spell seems to have been broken. 

 Unusually severe weather seemed to prevail 

 throughout the country from Feb. 1st to the 

 20th, when, very fortunately, a warm wave 

 came on, giving the outdoor bees a chance to 

 turn over and seek new brood-nests on hon- 

 ey in the outdoor colonies. 



The reader will notice that this issue con- 

 tains 68 pages. We have been adding right 

 along 16 extra pages until our regular issue 

 has been 48 pages. Now we are adding 16 

 more, or 68 in all. We still have on hand a 

 large amount of good copy, which we hope 

 to get before our readers soon. 



The bee-keeping fraternity, especially of 

 the South, has suffered a great loss in the un- 

 timely death of Dr. G. W. Rush, of Savan- 

 naTi, Ga., who died recently at his home of 

 pneumonia. Dr. Rush was vice-president of 

 the Georgia Bee-keepers' Association, or- 

 ganized last October at Atlanta. Although 

 still a young physician with a large practice 

 we understand he had laid plans to discon- 

 tinue his professional work to take up bee- 

 keeping on a more extfended scale. He 

 leaves a widow and two small boys, one of 

 four years, the other three months, to whom 

 is extended our sympathy in this time of 



WINTER losses UP TO DATE. 



Notwithstanding we have had quite a 

 snug winter up till now, March 14, the re- 

 ports throughout the Northern States are so 

 far quite favorable. There was a time when 

 it looked as if the losses might be very se- 

 vere in the territory south of the Ohio Riv- 

 er; but more favorable weather has come on 

 since, and the bees are apparently recover- 

 ing from the severe cold wave. From other 

 parts of the country, with a couple of excep- 

 tions, we have received no adverse reports. 



There has been a large snowfall, and a 

 greater portion of the country where young 

 clover was so promising last fall has been 



A GOOD TIME NOW TO MOVE BEES A SHORT 

 DISTANCE. 



Now is the best time of the whole year to 

 move bees short distances, providing they 

 have not had a flight recently. If they have 

 been wintered in the cellar they can be 

 placed anywhere in the front or back yard, 

 irrespective of the old location. If they 

 have been shut in on their summer stands 

 for a period of two or three weeks or a 

 month, they can likewise be moved to any 

 place. If cellar bees have had a flight with- 

 in a week and have been put back in the 

 cellar many of them will go back to the 

 place from which they took their winter 

 flight if taken out in the time specified. 

 Similarly, outdoor bees moved a short dis- 

 tance, if they have had a flight within the 

 week, probably would go back to the old lo- 

 cation, many of them being lost. 



BEE-KEEPING ILLUSTRATED IN THE PARKS 

 OF NEW YORK. 



Considerable space has been given in late 

 issues of the New York and other Eastern 

 papers to the matter of appointment of an 

 apiarist for the bees in the city parks of 

 New York. A civil-service examination was 

 lately held, and it appears that Miss Emma 

 V. Haggerty, now a teacher in the public 

 schools, stood highest on the list. Commis- 

 sioner Schrader, however, declined to give 

 her the appointment, maintaining that the 

 work could be done better by a man. Mr. 

 John H. O'Mara has secured the appoint- 

 ment according to the latest reports from 

 the papers. 



In any case the people of New York and 

 vicinity are afforded an excellent opportuni- 

 ty to see the workings of the honey-bee in 

 three of the important parks of New York, 

 and, if we mistake not, these bees will be 

 one of the most interesting features found 

 in the parks. This seems to be something 

 of an innovation in park equipment; and if it 

 proves a success in New York, as we have 

 no doubt it will, it is likely to be followed in 

 other large cities. 



MICHIGAN STATE CONVENTION REPORT. 



The attendance at the Michigan State 

 Bee-keepers' convention at Grand Rapids, 

 Feb. 23, 24, was very good. The hall pro- 

 vided by the hotel was so crowded that extra 

 chairs had to be brought in. There was a 

 very good display of foods made with honey, 

 by the National Biscuit Co., and also of 

 the honey exhibited for prizes. 



Aside from the question-box discussions, 

 there was some important business transact- 

 ed which will be of real value to the mem- 

 bers. At the convention the year before, 

 they decided to issue a pamphlet in the fall, 

 giving a list of the members having honey 



